Wednesday, June 23, 2010

COMMENTS: Losing to the Angels sucks. Losing five in a row sucks. Losing eight straight interleague games sucks. Watching your rookie pitching sensation fall back to earth sucks. Seeing a team below us in the standings beat the AL team that just swept us sucks. But being a Dodger fan? Still doesn't suck. No matter how bad the losses sting, and for all the bitching we do, somehow we're back for the next game. Why? I don't know. But it beats suffering alone. Game on!

Nevermind. Seems like it's working. Neeebs posted in the Smonk thread, asking that MRLASF and I both get a Smonk. Then I tried to post after him. But my post wasn't showing up. I was concerned that he broke Blogger and would have won the Smonk since nobody would be able to post after him... while making a post saying that MRLASF and I should both win one.

Hah! I'm still chuckling at your comment the other day that your lack of futbol knowledge has been well chronicled. I picture going to a library and pulling down large, leather-bound volumes of background information and reams of references to your lack of the aforementioned football knowledge. The image just cracked me up since the time you said it.

Weeeeeeellll....I do have an issue with part-timers so if you took offense then I guess you are self-identifying as such.

My issue is with people who follow soccer for about 2-4 weeks every four years, become instant "experts" on the sport, make it the Most Important Thing on Earth for the USA to win, criticize the sport and/or recommend a bunch of "fixes" to it based on newfound knowledge, and as soon as US is out the tournament, then go back to not caring and or bashing the sport. That's my beef.

If you fit this category then I'm sorry to have offended you with my opinion.

@Krusty, I have to admit I'm a part-timer, in that I don't follow soccer all that much (I did follow a EPL team, but they've been relegated; I need a new one). But I still found today's game thrilling, and the national pride was a cool emotion to feel.

It troubles me that these kids are meant to be growing up, getting smarter to go with their young athleticism. Two years ago we could just say they're learning. Now we're embarrassed. I am always loathe to blame coaching, but in the case of base-running at least, we are going to have to look at what these guys are learning (or not) and who is teaching them.